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Composer Sues Gingrich For Using Song

The composer of the “Rocky III” anthem “Eye of the Tiger” is suing Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich to stop him from using the song at campaign events. The federal lawsuit, filed Monday in Chicago by Rude Music Inc., contends …

Online Piracy Allegations Follow Megaupload Shut Down

When Megaupload executives arrive in court to answer charges that they orchestrated a massive online piracy scheme, they’ll be backed by a prominent lawyer who has defended Bill Clinton against sexual harassment charges and Enron against allegations of corporate fraud. …

Yahoo Countersues Singapore Publisher on Copyright

Yahoo Inc. has denied allegations of copyright infringement and countersued Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. for using its content without authorization. Yahoo Southeast Asia said in a document filed with the High Court on Tuesday that copyright law does not protect …

Abracadabra! Dutch Magician Fined for Copyright Infringement

A magician has been fined (euro) 12,205 ($16,725) by a Dutch court for putting a rival’s trick up his sleeve and trying to pass it off as his own. Hans Klok was sued for copyright infringement over a routine in …

‘Operation Strike Out’ Results in Counterfeit Sports Memorabilia Seizures

With the conclusion of Major League Baseball’s 2011 World Series, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced the results of “Operation Strike Out.” The one-month operation, …

Stallone Sued, Accused of Stealing Screenplay

Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer’s screenplay to make “The Expendables,” a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday by …

Judge Orders Talks in Montana Dinosaur Dispute

A federal judge has ordered settlement talks in a multi-million-dollar dispute over bone castings from three famed tyrannosaurus rex specimens. Attorneys say the case is the first of its kind involving a copyright fight over dinosaur castings _ fossil replicas …

Appeals Court Zeroes in on Viacom-YouTube Dispute

In a copyright infringement case at the heart of media company battles to win Internet viewers, an appeals court grappled on Tuesday over whether to revive Viacom Inc’s landmark $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc’s YouTube. Media conglomerate Viacom , …

Time Zone Database Has New Home After Lawsuit

The organization in charge of the Internet’s address system is taking over a database widely used by computers and websites to keep track of time zones around the world. The transition to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, …

Homeowners Insurer Contributes to Settlement in Wis. Polka Suit

A Chippewa Falls polka musician has won a court battle involving his ex-wife and her new husband, who he accuses of stealing one of his most popular tunes. Ray Rubenzer filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit in June. He said …